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No.749,542. PATENTED J'AN. 12,1904.

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ADJUSTABLE WATER TAN K FOB. STOVES 0R RANGES. APP'LIUATION FILED SEPT.24, 1903.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUCAS EDEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO MAJESTIC MANU- FAOTURINGCOMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

ADJUSTABLE WATER-TANK FOR sTovEs OR RANGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,542, dated January12, 1904.

' Application filed September 24, 1903. Serial No. 174,390. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUoAs EDEL, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Water-Tanks for Stovesor Ranges,of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to a means for shifting the water-tank used inconnection with a stove or range and means whereby said tank is heldfirmly to the stove or range to prevent its lateral movement, such aswould be occasioned by the boiling of the water in the tank, which actsto cause vibration of the tank and shift it away from the stove or rangewall.

The improvement is particularly applicable to the tank constructionshown in Letters Patent No. 640,106, dated December 26, 1899.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims. 1

Figure I is a top or plan view of the tankcarriage, its supports, andthe means for shifting said carriage. Fig. II is a vertical crosssectiontaken on line II 11, Fig. I, with the tank shown in position on itscarriage. Fig. III is a cross-section taken on line HI III, Fig. I, witha portion of the water-tank illustrated on the tank carriage. Fig. IV isa section taken on line IV IV, Fig. I. Fig. V is a section taken on lineV V, Fig. I. Fig. VI is a top view of the carriage-shifting rocker. Fig.VII is an end view of the rocker shown in Fig. VI.

1 designates the fireback of a stove or range, which preferably projectsoutwardly from the range-wall, as seen in Fig. I.

2 designates brackets secured to the wall of the stove or range at itsexterior at or beneath the level of the bottom of the fire-box.Projecting inwardly from one of the sides of one of the brackets 2 is alug 3. (See Figs. I and V.) The utility of this lug will hereinafter bementioned. The brackets 2 have plain upper faces, and mounted upon themis a carriage 4:, that is of skeleton form and is provided at its edgewith an upwardly-extending rim 5. Extending rearwardly from the forwardportion of the carriage 4 are arms 6, which carry downwardly-projectinglegs 7 and 8,the latter being rearmost and of the greatest length, asseen in Figs. II and III.

9 designates guide -lugs projecting downwardly from thecarriage 4 at thesides of the brackets 2, which serve to direct the horizontal travel ofthe carriage as it is moved to and fro on said brackets.

10 is a water-tank seated on the carriage 4 within its rim 5 and adaptedto be moved to the fireback l and shifted from said fireback wheneverdesired. It is sometimes desirable to shift the water-tank away from thefireback when the water therein gets to boiling too hard, and thereforeI provide means through which the carriage may be moved horizontally onthe brackets 2 to carry the tank away from and to the fireback. It isalso sometimes desirable to retain the tank in a fixed position againstthe fireback to keep the water in a boiling condition, and in such caseit is necessary to pro vide means for preventing shifting of the tank asa result of the vibrations imparted to the tank through the medium ofthe boiling, and consequently agitated, water. In this connection itshould be stated that the boiling water in its agitated state constantlyshakes the water-tank in which it is contained, and the jarring actionthus produced causes the tank to vibrate against the fireback.

11 designates a rocker journaled in the brackets 2 and provided at oneend with a crank-handle 12. This rocker bears a pair of arms 13, one ofwhich is adapted to operate in connection with one pair of the legs 7and 8, depending from the carriage-arms 6, and

the other of which operates in connection with the other pair of saidlegs 7 and 8.

14 is a finger projecting from the rocker 11 at an angle to theprojection of the arms 13.

This finger is adapted for engagement with the lug 3, that projects fromone of the brackets 2, as stated. This finger 14 is so positioned withreference to the arms 13 that it will permit only suflicient rotation ofthe rocker 11 to carry said arms past a horizontal line drawn throughthe axis of the rocker in order that when said arms are moved intobearing with the rear legs 8 of the carriage and rocked downwardly theywill pass the dead-center 9f the rocker, as illustrated in Figs. II andIII, and therefore remain in a fixed position at such point to hold thetank-carriage from horizontal movement. When the parts are in suchposition, the Water-tank is held into and arms carried by said rockerarranged to engage said legs and hold said carriage from movement whenthe arms are thrown into a position beyond the horizontal dead-center ofsaid rocker, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with tank supporting brackets, of a carriagereciprocally mounted on said brackets, legs depending from saidcarriage, a rocker journaled in said brackets, arms carried by saidrocker arranged to engage said legs and hold said carriage from movementwhen the arms are thrown into a position beyond the horizontaldead-center of said rocker, and a finger projecting from said rocker toengage one of said supportingbrackets and limit the throw of saidrocker, substantially as set forth.

LUCAS EDEL.

In presence of NELLIE V. ALEXANDER, E. S. KNIGHT.

